Pocket-guard and pen and pencil holder



(No Model.)

, M. BREWER.

PGOKET GUARD AND PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

Patented Aug. 11, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

MYRON BREVEP., OF NEV HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

POCKET-GUARD AND PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,340, dated August 11, 1891.

Application filed December l0, 1890. Serial No. 374,211. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MYRoN BREWER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Pocket-Guard and Pen and Pencil Holder, of which the following is a speciicatio'n.

Many devices have been heretofore made and patented for carrying a fountain-pen and pencils in or near the pocket and holding the same in position to prevent such pen from leaking, and to prevent such pens or pencils from dropping out, as well as devices for closing pockets, and other devices to prevent the contents thereof from escaping.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenientfmeans for closing the pocket of a garment so as to prevent the contents from escaping, and at the same time allow the contents to be conveniently reached, and by the same means to hold pens or pencils safely in position.

Figure l represents my guard, which I prefer to make from one piece of wire, bent in the form shown in the figure, to be Worn inside the coat or other garment. Fig. 2 represents the guard as worn inside the garment. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of Fig. 2 on line. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of Fig. 2 on line yy.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is the guard; B, the inside cloth; B', the outer cloth of the garment.

k and lo are the lining on the opposite side of the pocket.

One of the bars constitutes a pin CZ, which is inserted in the cloth of the garment near one side of the pocket at` the inout-h, and passes through and protrudes at the opposite side of the pocket, passing into the hook g at that side, the other bar c being on the inside of the garment, the length of the bars being about the width of the pocket. These bars are held together by the coil-springs e e at the bottom of the guard, so that the pocket will remain closed, but not so tightly but that it may easily be opened to insert or remove papers or other articles; also, if pens or pencils h h are inserted in the mouth of the pocket the cloth on the two sides between the bars c d will be pressedy together by the bars and coact so as to form a safe and convenient holder for such pens or pencils, and the pocket will still remain closed suiiiciently to prevent any articles from escaping. n

The guard may be made in any other form. provided that one of the bars be pinned through the cloth of the pocket and garment, so as to hold the cloth of the pocket and garment together by a spring.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

1. A pocket-guard and pen and pencil holder formed of a single piece of wire, as above described, with the coil-springs e e holding the clamping-bars c d (one of which is a pin) together, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A pocket-guard and pen and pencil holder formed of a single piece of Wire so constructed that the bars c d, (one of whichis a pim) by means of the coil-springs c e at the bottom of the arms fff f2, coact with the cloth of the pocket and garment, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. 'lhe herein-described pocket-guard and pen and pencil holder constructed of a single piece of Wire bent to form the bars c d, (one of which is a pin,) the arms ffff2 connected by the coil-springs e e, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A pocket-guard and pen and pencil holder constructed of a single piece 0f wire bent to form a bar c for pressing against the inside of the garment, a pin-bar d, which passes between the outer cloth and pocket, the arms ffff2, (one of which is provided with a catch g,) connected by the coil-springs e. e, substan-l tially as and for the purpose described.

MYRON BRE WER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES KLEINER, WM. H. KENYON. 

